"How could this be possible?"
At that moment, the Sword Valley Sect Master's eyes flew wide open, filled with disbelief.
But the Willow Deity gave him no chance to catch his breath.
The golden branch did not slow in the slightest. Moving at ultimate speed, it instantly shattered every protective rune around the Sword Valley Sect Master.
With a muffled pfft.
The golden branch pierced straight through the Sword Valley Sect Master's body, nailing this lofty giant firmly in midair.
Blood dripped down the golden willow branch.
The Sword Valley Sect Master let out a shrill scream. His formidable fleshly body simply could not withstand the laws of destruction carried by the willow branch.
Then, the golden branch gave a slight tremor.
The mighty Sword Valley Sect Master, a peak Sect Master who had stirred the winds and clouds across the Three Thousand Provinces, exploded thunderously in midair. He became a vast, miserable cloud of blood mist; even his Primordial Spirit failed to escape, and he died completely.
It had happened too quickly, too abruptly, stunning everyone present.
Yet the Willow Deity's slaughter did not stop.
Whoosh.
Another wrist-thick golden branch shot into the void. Like a swimming dragon, it effortlessly pierced through layer upon layer of bone-script defenses.
The Scorpion Sect Master cried out in terror and, without the slightest hesitation, revealed his enormous true form.
A gigantic blood-red scorpion, like a mountain range, stretched across the sky. Behind it, its scorpion tail gleaming with poisonous crimson light shot forth like a spear, attempting to block this fatal strike.
Clang.
The sound of metal striking metal rang out.
The Scorpion Sect Master's expression changed drastically. His scorpion tail, indestructible enough to easily pierce even ordinary magical artifacts, was covered in cracks the instant it touched the golden willow branch,